(BROWN-CRESTED SPINE-TAIL.)
+Leptasthenura fuliginiceps+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 63; _White,
P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 611 (Catamarca). +Synallaxis fuliginiceps+,
_Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 469.
_Description._--Above pale earthy brown; forehead and slightly
crested crown rufous brown; wings blackish, edges of outer webs of
all the wing-feathers and basal part of the secondaries chestnut;
tail clear brown; beneath paler, earthy brown; bill and feet
horn-colour: whole length 6·0 inches, wing 2·2, tail 3·1.
_Hab._ Bolivia and N. Argentina.
This species, discovered by d'Orbigny in Bolivia, was met with by White
in Catamarca, "on the slopes of the hills, outside the dense wood," and
by Prof. Burmeister near Paraná.